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Verlag: William Heinemann / Random House UK, London, 2002
ISBN 10: 0434010480ISBN 13: 9780434010486
Anbieter: Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Photonica (Cover photo); Michael Mascaro (illustrator). 1st Edition. First printing of the first British edition. Light toning to page margins, else book and dust jacket in fine condition.
Verlag: William Heinemann Random House UK Jan 2018, 2018
ISBN 10: 1785150987ISBN 13: 9781785150982
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -An addictive literary puzzle that introduces an unforgettable young heroine plunged into the twisted world of a secret society with a dark agenda. Lee Cuddy is seventeen years old and on the run, alone on the streets of Philadelphia.A fugitive with no money, no home and nowhere to go, Lee finds refuge in a deserted building known as the Crystal Castle. But the Castle conceals a sinister agenda, one master-minded by a society of fanatical men set on decoding a series of powerful secrets hidden in plain sight. And they believe Lee holds the key to it all.Aided by Tomi, a mysterious young hacker, Lee escapes into the unmapped corners of the city. But the deeper she goes underground, the more tightly she finds herself bound in the strange web of the men she's trying to elude. Aware that the lives of those she cares for are in increasing danger, it is only when Lee steps from the shadows to confront who is chasing her that she discovers what they're really after, and why.Part literary detective novel, part art history, part conspiracy thriller, The Readymade Thief introduces a singular, indomitable heroine and the arrival of a spellbinding and original new talent in fiction. 384 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: William Heinemann Random House UK Apr 2018, 2018
ISBN 10: 1785151819ISBN 13: 9781785151811
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -'John Harvey is one of the all-time greats and remains one of my favourite writers.' - Ian Rankin_____________________Frank Elder's last case could be the one that breaks him for good.The heavy manacles around the girl's wrists, perhaps not surprisingly, looked very much like the ones that had been found on the studio floor. For a moment, she had a vision of the chain to which they were attached being swung through the air, taking on force and speed before striking home. Then swung again.When his estranged daughter Katherine appears on his doorstep, ex-Detective Frank Elder knows that something is wrong.Katherine has long been troubled, and Elder has always felt powerless to help her. But now Katherine has begun to self-destruct; the breakdown of her affair with a controversial artist, known for his pornographic paintings, has sent her into a tailspin.But when the artist is found murdered in his studio, suspicion falls on Katherine. The vultures are circling.And as Elder struggles to protect his daughter and prove her innocence, the terrors of the past threaten them both once more._____________________'A masterpiece from a master of the genre.' - Mark Billingham'An expertly plotted and moving final act for an old-school investigator of the best sort, from a true master of the genre' - Guardian Books of the Month'This is wonderfully atmospheric crime writing - a tribute to Harvey's exceptional talent' - Daily Mail'The 79-year-old Harvey has made it clear that Body & Soul is his last novel, and what an excellent farewell it is . Elder and Resnick are both greats of British crime fiction.' - The Times Book of the Month'Few writers have even approached Harvey's grasp of atmosphere which, mingled with some sharpish social comment and utterly believable characters, makes them a must read' - Crime Review'Sadly, this is Harvey's last book after a 40-year crime writing masterclass.' - Peterborough Telegraph 304 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: William Heinemann Random House UK Jul 2019, 2019
ISBN 10: 178515219XISBN 13: 9781785152191
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -________________________________From the creator of Hannibal Lecter and The Silence of the Lambs comes a story of evil, greed and the consequences of dark obsession.________________________________Twenty-five million dollars in cartel gold lies hidden beneath a mansion on the Miami Beach waterfront. Ruthless men have tracked it for years. Leading the pack is Hans-Peter Schneider. Driven by unspeakable appetites, he makes a living fleshing out the violent fantasies of other, richer men. Cari Mora, caretaker of the house, has escaped from the violence in her native country. She stays in Miami on a wobbly Temporary Protected Status, subject to the iron whim of ICE. She works at many jobs to survive. Beautiful, marked by war, Cari catches the eye of Hans-Peter as he closes in on the treasure. But Cari Mora has surprising skills, and her will to survive has been tested before. Monsters lurk in the crevices between male desire and female survival. No other writer in the last century has conjured those monsters with more terrifying brilliance than Thomas Harris. Cari Mora, his sixth novel, is the long-awaited return of an American master.________________________________'As good as ever. Reading his prose is like running a slow hand down cold silk.' STEPHEN KING'The last two decades of 19th century popular fiction were dominated by Conan Doyle and Sherlock Homes. A century on, suspense literature has achieved their equals in Thomas Harris.' GUARDIAN'Harris's writing bears the hallmarks of honed perfection.' THE TIMES'The good news for readers of Cari Mora is that Hannibal is here in spirit if not in person . What his fans look for is here - turned up to 11.' SPECTATOR'A tense heist thriller . Harris's best since The Silence of the Lambs' NEW STATESMAN'Cari Mora reinforces the brilliance of an author who can carve a piece of art from the placement of words on a page to form a narrative that scorches the mind, and makes one think.' SHOTS MAGAZINE'A literary event . Thomas Harris is a supreme thriller writer - for not only does he create memorable and monstrous villains, but he also gives us formidable female protagonists . Violent, brutal and action-packed, yet told with Harris's typical wry wit, it crackles from first page to last.'DAILY MAIL'A cavalcade of the grotesque, with murderous figures that make Hannibal the Cannibal, the Tooth Fairy and Buffalo Bill appear like upright citizens from small-town America . Hollywood directors will be dreaming of a golden windfall by putting this page-clawing thriller on to the big screen. Harris is a superlative storyteller with an eye for the director's cut.' DAILY EXPRESS'Thomas Harris, the creator of Hannibal Lecter, is the greatest thriller writer of our time . An expertly delivered and fast-paced thriller, full of distinctively Harrisian inflections' EVENING STANDARD'A gripping tale of lost cartel gold . No shortage of physical action . Harris delivers a narrative that is absolutely cut to the bone' FINANCIAL TIMES'Pulse-boosting suspense .Harris's flavourful prose: laconic, tough-guy Hemingway one moment . then veering off into imagery of a Baroque luxuriance . Harris evokes the poetry of everyday life - especially the natural world.' i NEWS 336 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: William Heinemann Random House UK Sep 2019, 2019
ISBN 10: 1785152246ISBN 13: 9781785152245
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -THE MOST IMPORTANT FRENCH BOOK OF THE YEAR___________________'One cannot be said to be keeping abreast of contemporary literature without reading Houellebecq's work.' Karl Ove Knausgaard, New York TimesDissatisfied and discontent, Florent-Claude Labrouste begrudgingly works as an engineer for the Ministry of Agriculture, and is in a self-imposed dysfunctional relationship with a younger woman. When he discovers her ongoing infidelity, he decides to abandon his life in Paris and return to the Normandy countryside of his youth. There he contemplates lost loves and past happiness as he struggles to embed himself in a world that no longer holds any joy for him. His only relief comes in the form of a pill - white, oval, small. Captorix is a new brand of anti-depressant, recently released for public consumption, which works by altering the brain's release of serotonin. With social unrest intensifying around him, and his own depression deepening, Florent-Claude turns to this new medication in the hope that he will find something to live for. Written by one of the most provocative and prophetic novelists of his generation, Serotonin is at once a devastating story of solitude, longing and individual suffering, and a powerful criticism of modern life. 320 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Random House UK, William Heinemann, 2016
ISBN 10: 1785150758ISBN 13: 9781785150753
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Gebraucht. Gebraucht - Sehr gut SG - leichte Beschädigungen oder Verschmutzungen, ungelesenes Mängelexemplar, gestempelt, Versand Büchersendung - In The Waters of Eternal Youth , the twenty-fifth instalment in the bestselling Brunetti series, our Commissario finds himself drawn into a case that may not be a crime at all. Brunetti is investigating a cold case by request of the grand Contessa Lando-Continui, a friend of Brunetti's mother-in-law. Fifteen years ago the Contessa's teenage granddaughter, Manuela, was found drowning in a canal. She was rescued from the canal at the last moment, but in many ways it was too late; she suffered severe brain damage and her life was never the same again. Once a passionate horse rider, Manuela, now aged thirty, cannot remember the accident, or her beloved horse, and lives trapped in an eternal youth. The Contessa, unconvinced that this was an accident, implores Brunetti to find the culprit she believes was responsible for ruining Manuela's life. Out of a mixture of curiosity, pity and a willingness to fulfil the wishes of a loving grandmother, Brunetti reopens the case. But once he starts to investigate, Brunetti finds a murky past and a dark story at its heart. The Waters of Eternal Youth is awash in the rhythms and concerns of contemporary Venetian life, from historical preservation, to housing, to new waves of African migrants, all circling the haunting story of a woman trapped in a perpetual childhood.
Verlag: William Heinemann Random House UK Feb 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 1785152041ISBN 13: 9781785152047
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -'Made me almost tearful with gratitude that a book as clever as this could give such uncomplicated pleasure . And when you find a book like this, you grab it, and you hold it close.' JOHN SELF'A delight . As funny and vivid as Dickens, as moving and memorable as Nabokov . An extraordinarily large-hearted work.' THE CRITICPicked as a 'Book of the Year' in the Guardian____________________________________mountweazel, noun: a fake entry deliberately inserted into a dictionary or work of reference. Often used as a safeguard against copyright infringement.In the final year of the nineteenth century, Peter Winceworth has reached the letter 'S', toiling away for the much-anticipated and multi-volume Swansby's New Encyclopaedic Dictionary. Overwhelmed at his desk and increasingly uneasy that his colleagues are attempting to corral language and regiment facts, Winceworth feels compelled to assert some sense of individual purpose and exercise artistic freedom, and begins inserting unauthorised, fictitious entries into the dictionary. In the present day, young intern Mallory is tasked with uncovering these mountweazels as the text of the dictionary is digitised for modern readers. Through the words and their definitions she finds she has access to their creator's motivations, hopes and desires. More pressingly, she must also field daily threatening anonymous phone calls. Is a suggested change to the dictionary's definition of marriage (n.) really that controversial What power does Mallory have when it comes to words and knowing how to tell the truth And does the caller really intend for the Swansby's staff to 'burn in hell' As their two narratives combine, Winceworth and Mallory must discover how to negotiate the complexities of an often nonsensical, untrustworthy, hoax-strewn and undefinable life._____________________________________The Liar's Dictionary explores themes of trust and creativity, naming the unnameable, and celebrates the rigidity, fragility and absurdity of language. It is an exhilarating debut novel from a formidably brilliant young writer._____________________________________'Eley Williams's debut novel, The Liar's Dictionary, is a lexicographical delight.' OBSERVER'Deft and clever, refreshing and rewarding . An assured and satisfying writer, her language rich and intricate and her characters rounded enough to be sympathetic and lampoonist enough to be terribly funny.' LITERARY REVIEW'[The] most exciting of young British writers . Williams luxuriates in words and wordplay, in definition and precision and invention .The Liar's Dictionary is a public joy, and Eley Williams a free-spirited literary kook with bags of potential.' BIG ISSUE'A singular, hilarious, word-drunk novel, which I suspect will be seen in the future as a classic comic novel.' DAVID HAYDEN, IRISH TIMES'The Liar's Dictionary is the book I was longing for . Positively intoxicated with the joy and wonder of language . Eley Williams brings erudition and playfulness - and lovely sweetness - to every page.' BENJAMIN DREYER, New York Times bestselling author of DREYER' 288 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Random House UK, William Heinemann, 2015
ISBN 10: 0434023469ISBN 13: 9780434023462
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Gebraucht. Gebraucht - Sehr gut SG - leichte Beschädigungen oder Verschmutzungen, ungelesenes Mängelexemplar, gestempelt, Versand Büchersendung - In the international bestseller The Power of Habit, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charles Duhigg explained why we do what we do. In Smarter Faster Better, he applies the same relentless curiosity, rigorous reporting and rich storytelling to explain how we can get better at the things we do. The result is a groundbreaking exploration of the science of productivity. A group of data scientists at Google embark on a four-year study of how the best teams function, and find that how a group interacts is much more important than who is in the group. A Marine Corps general, faced with low morale among recruits, reimagines boot camp - and discovers that instilling a 'bias toward action' can turn even the most directionless teenagers into self-motivating achievers. The filmmakers behind Disney's Frozen are on the brink of catastrophe - until they shake up their team in just the right way, spurring a creative breakthrough that leads to one of the highest-grossing movies of all time. What do these people have in common They know that productivity relies on making certain choices. The way we frame our daily decisions; the big ambitions we embrace and the easy goals we ignore; the cultures we establish as leaders to drive innovation: these are the things that separate the merely busy from the genuinely productive. At the core of Smarter Faster Better are eight key concepts - from motivation and goal-setting to focus and decision-making - that explain why some people and companies get so much done. Drawing on the latest findings in neuroscience, psychology and behavioural eco nomics - as well as the experiences of CEOs, educational reformers, four-star generals, air plane pilots and Broadway songwriters - this painstakingly researched book explains that the most productive people, companies and organizations don't merely act differently. They view the world, and their choices, in profoundly different ways.
Verlag: William Heinemann Random House UK Feb 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 1785152440ISBN 13: 9781785152443
Anbieter: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A woman's cryptic dying words in a Venetian hospice lead Guido Brunetti to uncover a threat to the entire region in Donna Leon's haunting twenty-ninth Brunetti novel.When Dottoressa Donato calls the Questura to report that a dying patient at the hospice Fatebenefratelli wants to speak to the police, Commissario Guido Brunetti and his colleague, Claudia Griffoni, waste no time in responding.'They killed him. It was bad money. I told him no', Benedetta Toso gasps the words about her recently-deceased husband, Vittorio Fadalto. Even though he is not sure she can hear him Brunetti softly promises he and Griffoni will look into what initially appears to be a private family tragedy. They discover that Fadalto worked in the field collecting samples of contamination for a company that measures the cleanliness of Venice's water supply and that he had died in a mysterious motorcycle accident. Distracted briefly by Vice Questore Patta's obsession with youth crime in Venice, Brunetti is bolstered once more by the remarkable research skills of Patta's secretary, Signora Elettra Zorzi. Piecing together the tangled threads, in time Brunetti comes to realize the perilous meaning in the woman's accusation and the threat it reveals to the health of the entire region. But justice in this case proves to be ambiguous, as Brunetti is reminded it can be when, seeking solace, he reads Aeschylus's classic play The Eumenides. As she has done so often through her memorable characters and storytelling skill, Donna Leon once again engages our sensibilities as to the differences between guilt and responsibility. 288 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: William Heinemann / Penguin Random House, London UK, 2016
ISBN 10: 1785150774ISBN 13: 9781785150777
Anbieter: Pages 'N Pages Bookstore, Toronto, ON, Kanada
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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. This copy is As New in As New dustjacket and SIGNED by the author. Signed by Author(s).
Verlag: Random House UK, William Heinemann Dez 2018, 2018
ISBN 10: 1785151347ISBN 13: 9781785151347
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Magisterial. a tour de force.' Anthony Giddens'Essential reading.' Jamie Bartlett'Prepare to be terrified, exhilarated and occasionally inspired.' Catherine Mayer'Timely and incisive.' Greg Williams, WiredA groundbreaking examination of the new centres of power and control in the twenty-first century.The old gods are dying. Giant corporations collapse overnight. Newspapers are being swallowed. Stock prices plummet with a tweet. Governments are losing control. The old familiarities are tumbling down and a strange new social order is rising in their place. More crime now happens online than offline. Facebook has grown bigger than any state, bots battle elections, technologists have reinvented democracy and information wars are breaking out around us. New mines produce crypto-currencies, coders write policy, and algorithms shape our lives in more ways than we can imagine. What is going on For centuries, writers and thinkers have used power as a prism through which to view and understand the world at moments of seismic change. The Death of the Gods is an exploration of power in the digital age, and a journey in search of the new centres of control today. From a cyber-crime raid in suburbia to the engine rooms of Silicon Valley, and from the digital soldiers of Berkshire to the hackers of Las Vegas, pioneering technology researcher Carl Miller traces how power - the most important currency of all - is being transformed, fought over, won and lost. As power escapes from its old bonds, he shows us where it has gone, the shape it now takes and how it touches each of our lives.Astounding opportunities are at our fingertips. But are we more powerful as individuals than ever before Or more controlled.
Verlag: Random House UK|William Heinemann, 2020
ISBN 10: 1785151991ISBN 13: 9781785151996
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Zustand: New. LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 CRIME WRITERS ASSOCIATION ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION I m obsessed! REESE WITHERSPOON Exhilarating . Becky Cooper masterfully uncovers the story of Harvard undergrad Jane Britton. .
Verlag: Random House UK|William Heinemann, 2021
ISBN 10: 1785152580ISBN 13: 9781785152580
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Zustand: New. From The Modern Master of Noir comes a novel about the malevolent monarch of the 1950s Hollywood underground - a tale of pervasive paranoia teeming with communist conspiracies, FBI finks, celebrity smut films and strange bedfellow.
Verlag: Random House UK|William Heinemann, 2018
ISBN 10: 178515155XISBN 13: 9781785151552
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Zustand: New. A beautifully crafted graphic novel adaptation of Harper Lee s beloved American classic.A beautifully crafted graphic novel adaptation of Harper Lee s beloved American classic, voted the #1 Great American Read 2018. Sho.
Verlag: Random House UK|William Heinemann, 2017
ISBN 10: 1785151142ISBN 13: 9781785151149
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Zustand: New. Imagine a perfect world where everything is known, where everything is open, where there can be no doubt, no hatred, no poverty, no greed. Imagine a System which both nurtures and protects. A Community which nourishes and sustains. An infinite world. A worl.
Verlag: Random House UK|William Heinemann, 2016
ISBN 10: 0434022438ISBN 13: 9780434022434
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Zustand: New. The 1960s, the most tumultuous decade of the twentieth century, were a time of tectonic shifts in all aspects of society - from the March on Washington and the Second Vatican Council to the Summer of Love and Woodstock. This volume includes historic pieces .